New-York tribune., 1887-04-17
THE MzRQU DE MORESS GREAT SCHEME

MONEY RETURNED TO GUBsCRIBERs-A WEAK POINT
THE QUESTION OF DISTRIBUTION.
The bip advertisements Of the National Meat Con-
sumers' Association have recently disappeared oh tno
public gaze and the few people who were persuaded oy
the attractive coored circus posters or the insous
.,rclsr IN invest 80 on account Of $40 share in the
comnanv have all got their money back The seven big
rad barns scattered around the city are still doing ous
meas but the sudden cessation OF the glowing ad'erus
ents and the return OF the money subscribed nave sde
people curious as what the company Is DONG Win
the idea of assuagng this public curiosity TO some ex
tent TRIBUNE reporter made several calls at the office OF
the Marquis Mores No. 40 wast He failed 10 OBTAIN
an interview with the Marquis and none OF his ohcas
or clerks would give any information whatever
From other sources 1t was gathered that the money
subscrbed was paid into trust company but not Teach-
ing nearly the $4,000 900 the Marquis believes to be
necessary float his scheme properly ~ was returned
to the subscribers He then endeavored to interest large
canaliss in his scheme far It is said without
meeting with much encouragement and now he under
stood be considering cooperation pan 4asSa ha h
proved 80 successful in England Wall street gen'e
man who has looked carefully into me mater ma yer, Inn
niles in business sense But his idea s good one ~
not however the mere s. Ssnsns D sh' CHEAPER r.e
than the present meat supply M ina ssi snd that
O1 S have w eoGpSn S s scheme The
matter of extreme detail and TO meet this you need
retail meat trade think the difficulty only be got
over by the cooperative plan making eacn a. ss,esm ss
4 selling about thirty head day only and lac has seven
stores, which take ten men each 70 run. Buyme IN
large quantities they get the meat Tor about cents
4 pound the distribution costs y cents pound and
the meat retail at an average OF over Genus
nonnd His stores cost S35.700 year. They might
save cent Mound by owning slaughter house al Kan
sas CITY but this would not pay at all unless the CON
sumption reached 100 head q day or course he mas
met with much opposition, too. The railroad people,
and the Chicago meat dealers the wholesale and etul
butchers here the ice dealers, have All gwen
what assistance they could 10 the laiiure oi 'ic
project" . -. A., p,.ohars protac-
live Association said that at the present time te assocl
alton was taking no action against the Marquis de
Eorcss red butcher shops Last year they did 80 go iar
rs not TO trade with who traded with him. but the
thought no such steps necessary now his course
,-N. IN "a.
calves and sheep in NewYork He had strangers 70 oy
FOR him. hut they generally spotted ana uehten
accordingly. He got his Ice from man named beam 1a
who was simply a fgurehead for the knekerbocker Ice
company which had refused 10 supply him
Mr. Mctgay of the Knickerbocker Ice COMPANY, con
sxadiced the attcr statement They had supplied the
Marquis he ssid until he made contract with Seam
and Beam, he believed got his own Ice lie certAiny
did not purchase II from the knickelbocker company
The MARQUIS not q large customer anyway-ony
about three or four tons a day.